Improvement in tug-buckles and hame-clamps



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

JAMES WILOOXEN, OF MORRISONVILLE, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN TUG-BUCKLES AND HAME-CLAMPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 154,938, datedSeptember 8, 1874; application filed July 18,1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES WILCOXEN, 0 Morrisonville, Christian county,Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in CombinedTug-Buckle and Hame-Olasp, of which the following is a specification:

The object of this invention is to furnish a new and improved mode ofsecuring tugs to the harness and the hames thereof; and it consists in acombined buckle and clasp constructed and arranged substantially asherein described. 4

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a side or front View, showing the, buckleand hame-clasp and a portion of the hame. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsection of Fig. 1, taken on the line am, Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a sectionof Fig. 1, taken on the line 3 y, showing the hame.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the buckle-frame; B, the catch for holding the tug in the buckle. Bis the tug. G O are the bars or keepers for holding the tug in place inthe buckle. D is the joint and pin by which the buckle is attached tothe hameclasp. E is the clasp which surrounds the hame, and takes theplace of the old .staple and hame-hook. This clasp is movable on thehame, up and down, so as to bring the draft at the proper point. F isthe catch secured to the. joint-pin at D, which closes intoa recess inthe clasp to secure and hold the clasp in the desired place on the hame.G is the hame. H represents a series of holes in the hame, which the pinI of the catch F enters for adjusting the clasp. When the halne is onthe collar the catch is held in place by the collar. J is a ringattached to the outside of the clasp by the staple or eye K, for thebreast or holdback strap. By this arrangement the tug can be lengthenedor shortened at the hame, and the point of draft can be brought to bearin the proper place on the collar or shoulders of the horse. Thisarrangement of the tug in regard to the collar greatly lessens theliability to chafe the shoulder of the horse, especially in drawingheavy loads. The tug-catch B is hinged to the buckle, as seen at L. M'isthe catch-pin, which enters a hole in the tug, as seen in the drawing.There are a number of these holes in the tug, by means of which it canbe lengthened or shortened.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. A combined tug-buckle and adjustable hame-clasp,each with a catch, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. The adjustable hame-clasp E with the catch F, in combination with thehames of a harness, substantially as and for the purposes described.

JAMES WILCOXEN. Witnesses:

ISAAC R. HOLT, BAZEL WILCOXEN.

